第21课:怯懦的 - 2

迷你小对话

A: Mark is not a cowardly or timorous person but the other night he was quivering like a terrified rabbit.
B: Why, what was so frightening?
A: They dared him to spend the night in the haunted house and apparently he saw something so horrifying; he was too socked to speak for over an hour.
B: I guess that is what is known as terror-stricken.

A: Mark不是个胆小的人,也不是战战兢兢的人,可那天晚上却被吓得跟受惊的兔子似的浑身发抖。
B: 为什么?什么那么吓人?
A: 人家激他敢不敢在鬼屋住一个晚上,很显然,他看到了什么恐怖的东西,他吓得一个多小时都说不出话来。
B: 我想那就是大家所说的吓傻了吧。

语言点精讲

cowardly: 胆小的,怯懦的。
timorous: 胆怯的,羞怯的,尤指在需要闯劲、独立和自信的场合;易受惊的。
quivering: 战栗的,发抖的。
terrified: 被恐惧吓倒了的,害怕的。
terror-stricken: 由于十分强烈的恐惧而吓得胆战心惊的。